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Does anybody know how many versions of the trick water to wine" there are? Is there a trick that turns water to wine, and then back to water again?

Theres probaly loads, but i dont know of any exept maybe the same kind of thing as the water in the hat trick

Why would anyone want to turn into water?

I remember Paul Daniels performing a couple of tricks involving drinks changing 'on command' but they were probably slightly different to what is being asked here.

I first purchased it from The Boy's Magic Service, Rhyl, in 1945/46. At one Sports Club dinner it turned to milk..heaven knows how.

There was a lot of correspondence about Chris Van Bern's version, some years back I think in the Magigram when George Blake detailed his ideas & version.

Check out 'The Wine, the Water and a Character', pages 71 to 74 in McCombs Magic, 25 Years Wiser.That will give you all the details for performance.
Out of historical interest. Check page 377 in Professor Hoffman's Modern Magic and also pages 37 to 384 for Improved Wine AND Water Tricks.
Allen Tipton
PS. You cannot drink it. Stick to the local wine shop for your parties!!

Have a look here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenolphthalein

I used to have some of this stuff in a chemistry set, and the wine/water trick was one of the experiments. It was a long time ago.........

Barry

you used to be able to get a bottle of wine with a foo can arrangment in it.
water whent in and wine came out, wine went back in and water came out, were you get it nowadays I'm not sure.

I fequently turn water into beer, of course it involves a few more ingredients and about 3 to 4 weeks.
but... 30p-40p a pint, that's magic!!

I can turn it back into water again...... sort of

Lawrence wrote:I fequently turn water into beer, of course it involves a few more ingredients and about 3 to 4 weeks.
but... 30p-40p a pint, that's magic!!

thats funny. i frequently turn beer into water. it only takes about an hr but i wouldnt drink it lol.

Sadly I never got to see Magigram, Lbrary.com are offering PDFs, shame we can't still get the real thing......

Funny you should mention that M!
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Would it be a signed glass of wine?

'Barry & Stuarts: Show and Tell' boasts a Water to wine. It's very straight forward but unfortunately, you couldn't change it back again. It is drinkable after and it definitely tastes like wine.

Isn't there an actual area of magic devoted to biblical magic? I would think this would be a little bit counter productive for their faith mimmicking Jesus's "miracals", but still I remember seeing something like that.

hds02115 wrote:Isn't there an actual area of magic devoted to biblical magic? I would think this would be a little bit counter productive for their faith mimmicking Jesus's "miracals", but still I remember seeing something like that.

Luke Jermay also does a routine that mimics stigmata.....